# El Dorado, KS rack market

El Dorado, KS wholesale fuel rack market. 1 terminal posts there, delivered by NuStar Pipeline. 3 running refineries can reach it by published route, 1 confirmed.

- Terminals: 1 (#232 of 422 rack markets by terminals)
- Pipeline systems delivering: NuStar Pipeline
- Refineries that can reach it: 3 (1 confirmed or named in a tariff, 1 per research, the rest inferred from a shared city)
- Trade area (estimate): 109,214 people across 13 counties (13 shared with other markets)
- Estimated fuel demand in the trade area: 157,201 gal/day gasoline, 84,617 gal/day diesel (state taxed gallons, FHWA 2025, split by EPA county vehicle miles)
- Fuel taxes in Kansas (state + federal, ¢/gal, EIA July 1, 2026, before local taxes): gasoline 43.4, diesel 51.4; taxed at distributor / wholesaler
- Pipeline supply: One pipeline system delivers here: NuStar Pipeline. An outage on it leaves the market to truck, rail or water.
- Terminal operators: 1; largest Blue River Valley with 1 of 1 terminals (by count, not volume)
- Pump price, regular gasoline (PADD 2, EIA, 2026-10-05): $4.109/gal
- Pump price, diesel (PADD 2, EIA, 2026-10-05): $6.286/gal

## Cheapest published pipeline route in, by product (line-haul only)
- gasoline: 1.73 ¢/gal from El Dorado, KS on NuStar Pipeline (K.C.C. No. 31 item 110)
- diesel: 1.73 ¢/gal from El Dorado, KS on NuStar Pipeline (K.C.C. No. 31 item 110)

## Terminals
- Blue River Valley LLC (T-43-KS-3677), Potwin, KS — NuStar Pipeline

## Refineries that can supply it
- Phillips 66 Ponca City Refinery, Ponca City, OK — via Phillips 66 Pipeline (confirmed)
- HF Sinclair El Dorado Refinery, El Dorado, KS — via NuStar Pipeline (per research)
- Borger Refinery (WRB Refining / Phillips 66), Borger, TX — via Phillips 66 Pipeline (inferred (same city))

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/market/market-el-dorado-ks/
Built from published FERC pipeline tariffs, EIA-820, the IRS Terminal Control Number list and sourced research. Rates are line-haul only. Cite as: Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, 2026-10-08.